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Women are dancing in solidarity with Finnish PM Sanna Marin

August 23, 2022 at 11:32 a.m. EDT
(Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Reuters/Washington Post illustration)
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Women are busting out their moves on social media to show support for Finland’s prime minister, Sanna Marin — and to remind the world that politicians are people, too.

Political opponents berated Marin, 36, last week after videos surfaced of the Finnish leader partying with her friends at a private event. They called her decision to party during the country’s economic crisis unprofessional and irresponsible. Some critics also suggested that Marin was abusing substances and demanded she take a drug test to prove otherwise. (The prime minister agreed to a drug test, which came back negative, BBC News reported.)